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Yearly top 3

Overview of yearly top 3 finishers

Year Date Organiser Location Maps Gold Time Silver Time Bronze Time Distance Winning pace Winning margin Controls Climb Participants Avg podium age Event
2025 19 Apr Peninsula and Plains Waikuku Matt Ogden
43:09
Zefa Fa'avae
43:27
Joseph Lynch
46:34
6.3 km 6:51 min/km + 0.18 35 controls 145 m 20 26 Show event
2024 22 Apr Crater Block map_icon Matt Ogden
38:57
Nick Smith
46:36
Ed Cory-Wright
51:24
5.1 km 7:38 min/km + 7.39 17 controls 40 28 Show event
2023 21 Oct Hawkes Bay Mangatarata map_icon Joseph Lynch
29:40
Zefa Fa'avae
34:42
Ronan Lee
34:55
4.7 km 6:19 min/km + 5.02 17 controls 119 m 21 Show event
2022 16 Apr Nelson Orienteering Club Canaan Downs map_icon Gene Beveridge
31:57
Christopher Forne
33:46
Brent Edwards
37:50
4.3 km 7:26 min/km + 1.49 19 controls 200 m Show event
2021 04 Apr North West Orienteering Club Kereta Dunes map_icon Matt Ogden
32:02
Joseph Lynch
32:19
Duncan Morrison
32:45
5.9 km 5:26 min/km + 0.17 26 controls 155 m Show event
2020 25 Oct Wellington Orienteering Club Osgiliath map_icon Joseph Lynch
35:01
Matt Ogden
35:36
Thomas Reynolds
38:35
5.5 km 6:22 min/km + 0.35 20 controls 85 m Show event
2019 21 Apr Peninsula and Plains Maerewhenua map_icon Nick Hann
32:32
Matt Ogden
32:55
Nick Smith
34:04
3.8 km 8:34 min/km + 0.23 20 controls 180 m Show event
2018 01 Apr Auckland Orienteering Club Temu Road map_icon Matt Ogden
34:22
Nick Smith
40:36
Karl Dravitzki
42:02
5.6 km 6:08 min/km + 6.14 24 controls 340 m Show event
2017 21 Oct Hawkes Bay Philips Field map_icon Matt Ogden
37:35
Chris Forne
39:35
Gene Beveridge
41:00
5.6 km 6:43 min/km + 2.00 26 controls 295 m Show event
2016 26 Mar Nelson Orienteering Club Black Hill map_icon Matt Ogden
26:34
Carsten Jørgensen
28:30
Chris Forne
28:44
3.0 km 8:51 min/km + 1.56 15 controls 110 m Show event
2015 04 Apr Counties Manakau Orienteering Club The Rockery map_icon Nick Hann
35:20
Shamus Morrison
37:43
Chris Forne
37:59
4.7 km 7:31 min/km + 2.23 25 controls 21 Show event
2014 19 Apr Wellington Orienteering Club Manga Pirau map_icon Tim Robertson
33:44
Nick Hann
35:27
Gene Beveridge
35:55
4.8 km 7:02 min/km + 1.43 26 controls 130 m Show event
2013 30 Mar Peninsula and Plains Woodend Beach map_icon Matt Ogden
36:05
Chris Forne
36:34
Tane Cambridge
Thomas Reynolds
39:11
39:11
5.2 km 6:56 min/km + 0.29 26 controls 130 m 37 Show event
2012 04 Apr North West Orienteering Club Middle Earth, Woodhill map_icon Toby Scott
37:44
Karl Dravitzki
39:28
Jourdan Harvey
40:25
5.8 km 6:30 min/km + 1.44 30 controls Show event
2011 23 Apr Hawkes Bay Fire Station Ross Morrison
30:23
Tane Cambridge
31:46
Karl Dravitzki
32:25
3.8 km 7:59 min/km + 1.23 18 controls Show event
2010 03 Apr Dunedin Orienteering Bannockburn map_icon Ross Morrison
32:25
Darren Ashmore
32:44
Bryn Davies
34:44
4.6 km 7:03 min/km + 0.19 25 controls 290 m Show event
2009 11 Apr Auckland Orienteering Club Jessie's Delight, Helensville Darren Ashmore
34:56
Carsten Jørgensen
36:39
James Bradshaw
36:51
3.8 km 9:12 min/km + 1.43 16 controls 285 m Show event
2008 22 Mar Wellington Orienteering Club Rangiora Chris Forne
28:31
Ross Morrison
30:17
Mark Lawson
30:32
4.0 km 7:08 min/km + 1.46 16 controls 275 m Show event
2007 07 Apr Counties Manakau Orienteering Club Waiuku South Neil Kerrison
32:53
Carsten Jørgensen
33:12
Aaron Prince
33:13
5.6 km 5:52 min/km + 0.19 21 controls 70 m Show event
2006 16 Apr Nelson Orienteering Club The Big Rabbit Chris Forne
32:32
Ross Morrison
33:10
Richard Ussher
35:01
5.5 km 5:55 min/km + 0.38 18 controls Show event
2005 27 Mar Hawkes Bay Springvale Chris Forne
33:52
Karl Dravitzki
34:24
Jamie Stewart
35:23
4.6 km 7:22 min/km + 0.32 15 controls 205 m Show event
2004 12 Apr Red Kiwi Koitiata, Santoft Karl Dravitzki
29:05
Carsten Jørgensen
29:25
Stu Barr
30:15
5.5 km 5:17 min/km + 0.20 15 controls Show event
2003 20 Apr Auckland Orienteering Club Hobbit Woods Robert Jessop
31:26
Darren Ashmore
34:26
Carsten Jørgensen
35:05
5.2 km 6:03 min/km + 3.00 14 controls Show event
2002 31 Mar Peninsula and Plains Tekapo Bruce McLeod
34:15
Jason Markham
37:56
Bill Edwards
38:19
5.6 km 6:07 min/km + 3.41 100 m Show event
2001 15 Apr Taupo Orienteering Club 99 Gullies, Taupo Phil Wood
29:51
Stu Barr
30:12
Bruce McLeod
30:27
3.7 km 8:04 min/km + 0.21 130 m Show event
2000 23 Apr Orienteering Wairarapa Ruamahanga, Mauriceville map_icon Darren Ashmore
1:15:07
Jamie Stewart
1:15:34
Neil Kerrison
1:21:05
8.4 km 8:57 min/km + 0.27 410 m 15 Show event
1999 24 Oct North West Orienteering Club Wounded Kneez, Woodhill Bruce McLeod
59:25
Darren Ashmore
1:02:31
Neil Kerrison
1:05:31
8.4 km 7:04 min/km + 3.06 325 m 19 Show event
1998 12 Apr Dunedin Orienteering The Reefs, Maid's Hill Bruce McLeod
50:15
Darren Ashmore
50:51
David Farquhar
53:39
10.7 km 4:42 min/km + 0.36 225 m 17 Show event
1997 01 Jun Hutt Valley Wanda Darren Ashmore
57:40
Bruce McLeod
57:42
Aidan Boswell
1:00:12
9.0 km 6:24 min/km + 0.02 18 Show event
1996 07 Apr Pinelands Paemako Shaun Collins
1:17:20
Robert Jessop
1:17:52
Darren Ashmore
1:18:32
9.9 km 7:49 min/km + 0.32 21 Show event
1995 16 Apr South Auckland Four Seasons Robert Jessop
1:09:40
Aidan Boswell
1:12:44
Greg Barbour
1:16:36
9.5 km 7:20 min/km + 3.04 26 Show event
1994 05 Jun Hamilton Kawhia Robert Jessop
53:48
Darren Ashmore
53:56
Bruce McLeod
56:51
9.1 km 5:55 min/km + 0.08 185 m 18 Show event
1993 24 Oct North West Orienteering Club Auahine Topu Greg Barbour
57:44
Darren Ashmore
1:01:37
David Farquhar
1:01:43
9.6 km 6:01 min/km + 3.53 16 Show event
1992 24 Oct Peninsula and Plains Chaneys Forest Mark McLean
44:00
Bryan Teahan
44:17
Greg Barbour
44:46
7.0 km 6:17 min/km + 0.17 19 Show event
1991 26 Oct Hawkes Bay Granules Alistair Landels
52:59
Robert Jessop
1:01:14
Greg Barbour
1:01:56
9.0 km 5:53 min/km + 8.15 13 25 Show event